Tackling California’s housing issues, or figuring out a way to attract businesses to our state, or even figuring out the health-care fiasco would have been way too hard for state legislature to accomplish.

But the legislature did find some really sweet ways to spend their time, and our money. For example, did you know …

…that California recognized a state dinosaur this year?

…or that you can now purposefully transmit HIV to someone, and only get charged with a misdemeanor?

You can thank the great state of California for those milestones in public policy making, as well as these gems below:

(*THC disclaimer – we are shamelessly ripping this post from an email we received this morning. We’ve no idea who the original author is, but we’re happy to give them credit if they contact us.)

2. Passed Cap N Tax which will increase gas 0.63 to 0.93 cents a gallon change and the taxes that go with it. So do the math projection…..
(0.12 + 0.63 = 0.75/gallon + current $3.10/gallon = $3.85/gallon)

3. Proposed increase on a new tax every residence will pay for tap water in the State!

4. A $3.46B parks bond to pay for parks in “disadvantaged communities” meaning Los Angeles. The debt service will be over $200 million a year. The good news is some money goes to help fix the Salton Sea which should have always been a State responsibility!

5. Law to release any lifer (murder, rape , child molestation, etc.) who is 60 years old and has already spent 25 years in prison! Charles Manson qualifies today and the Melendez brothers that murdered their parents could be released in about 12 years? What about victims?

6. A new $10 charge on all residents living in Mobile home parks to address living condition enforcement in those parks? Why does the Left embrace these regressive taxes on the poor?

7. We picked an official dinosaur of the State of California. Really? Yes!

8. Blackmail Tesla to either unionize with the United Auto Workers Union or forfeit State incentives to buy their electric cars! Just another Union Grab!

9. Reduce from a felony to a misdemeanor the purposeful intent to transmit the AIDS virus to a unknowing partner.

10. Give preferential treatment to prisoners convicted of serious crimes that are less than 25 years old because their brains are not mature enough to understand right from wrong. Whaaat? If the brains of our kids don’t mature until 25, why do we allow them to vote ?

One Response to What your state government has done for you in 2017: dinosaurs, AIDS, gas taxes, and more

…and this is why we have a Presidency, with all the foolish shit that goes along with it: to keep everyone’s attention focused on tweets and twats, while our “representatives” sell us down the river. Wake up, people.